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Chapter 40 The Eastern Depot Needs Talents Like You

The main gate of the General's Mansion.

Bodies were everywhere.

Two first-rank grandmasters, seven second-rank minor grandmasters, and fifteen third-rank grandmasters all died here.

To be honest, it's no small matter for so many experts to face life and death together.

It's been a long time since we've seen so many skilled fighters die or get injured all at once.

Especially the two Grandmasters, who are considered extraordinary figures in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty.

Two people died at once; if this gets out, it will definitely cause quite a stir.

Cao Zhengchun looked up into the depths of the Great General's residence, his eyes deep and his lips slightly upturned.

"How much longer do you intend to watch, sir?"

"If we keep watching, everyone in the General's Mansion will die at my hands."

Cao Zhengchun said in a feminine tone.

This general's mansion has more than just these experts; it also hides a great figure.

Sure enough, after hearing Cao Zhengchun's words...

A figure emerged from the depths of the General's Mansion, and in a single leap, he was already outside the gate.

The figure was dressed in coarse linen clothes, and was thin and frail, like a dying man who was about to be put into a coffin at any moment.

If it weren't for the brilliant look in his eyes, it would be hard to imagine that such an old man could be a hidden powerhouse in the General's Mansion.

When General Wu Jin saw the old man, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Clearly, this is the greatest asset of his General's Mansion.

As long as this old man is here, even if all the other experts in the General's Mansion are dead, the General's Mansion will still be the General's Mansion, standing tall and unyielding.

The old man glanced briefly at General Wu Jin and the corpses on the ground, then looked at Cao Zhengchun; "I never expected that a figure like you would appear among the eunuchs."

"It seems that there will be one more among the world's top experts," the old man said quietly, his voice calm and devoid of any emotion.

"Shall we leave it at that?"

The old man looked at Cao Zhengchun.

Having reached their current level of power, force is both an asset and a constraint.

Unless there is a life-or-death feud that forces them to fight desperately.

Otherwise, they would avoid taking action if they could.

After all, even if a powerful person at their level wins a fight, they will still suffer serious injuries.

It will be very troublesome to recover from it.

Moreover, they were clinging to their lives and time, all wanting to break through the barrier between the celestial beings and become those extraordinary celestial beings, roaming freely between heaven and earth.

This is the most important thing.

Why would someone risk getting hurt and losing hope for something so ordinary?

Upon hearing the old man's words, Cao Zhengchun did not immediately speak, but instead smiled and sized up the old man.

"The strength of a half-step Celestial Being."

"Although it has been more than ten years since the breakthrough, the energy is mixed, the potential is exhausted, and the aptitude is insufficient."

"Most importantly, he's old, with one foot already in the coffin, and doesn't have much time left to live."

"Nothing!"

"After all, he is only half a step into the Celestial Realm. He is still passable and can be of some use."

Cao Zhengchun looked the old man over and muttered to himself.

Cao Zhengchun's voice wasn't loud, but everyone present could hear it clearly.

Everyone was shocked, never expecting that this seemingly ordinary old man, who looked like he was about to die, was actually a powerful expert who had reached the half-step Celestial Realm.

This is truly astonishing.

The half-step Celestial Realm expert was dressed in coarse linen clothes, looking as ordinary as an old man.

If Cao Zhengchun hadn't revealed the old man's strength, they probably would never have believed that this ordinary old man was a top-tier expert at the half-step Celestial Realm.

However, what puzzled everyone was that Cao Zhengchun was scrutinizing the old man so closely and making comments about him from time to time. What was Cao Zhengchun trying to do?
The elderly man, in particular, twitched incessantly when faced with Cao Zhengchun's scrutinizing gaze and his occasional critical tone.

They are both at the half-step Celestial Realm.

Cao Zhengchun actually dared to judge him, a half-step Celestial Being, as lacking in talent and having exhausted his potential. If he truly lacked talent and had exhausted his potential, how could he have broken through to the half-step Celestial Being realm, a realm that only a very few people in the Great Zhou could reach?

What's most infuriating is that Cao Zhengchun dared to shamelessly claim that his strength as a half-step Celestial was decent enough to be of some use.

This is simply too much bullying.

They didn't take him, a half-step Celestial Being, seriously at all.

Just as the old man was about to lash out, Cao Zhengchun spoke up again.

"I think your strength as a half-step Celestial is passable. Although you are a bit old, you are still usable."

“The Eastern Depot is short of people right now, and it needs talents like you.”

"Would you be interested in serving in my Eastern Depot?"

Cao Zhengchun looked at the old man and said with a sinister expression.

Upon hearing this, the old man became furious.

What does it mean that the Eastern Depot is short of people and needs someone like him?

Is it possible that he, a powerful expert who is half a step into the Celestial Realm, can only catch the eye of the Eastern Depot when they are short of people?
The old man looked at Cao Zhengchun with a gloomy expression; "So, this matter is beyond discussion?"

"In that case, let's settle this with our skills!"

The old man had never been so angry.

As a powerful expert who was halfway to the Celestial Realm, he felt that Cao Zhengchun was humiliating him.

Sending him to work for the Eastern Depot—does that mean he'll become a eunuch?

Filled with humiliation and anger, the old man took a step forward and stood in front of Cao Zhengchun, striking him with a palm strike from mid-air.

Cao Zhengchun neither dodged nor evaded; instead, he swiftly extended his right palm to meet the old man's palm strike.

"bump."

The two palms touched.

A scorching heat emanated from the old man's palm and entered his body, causing him to shudder and be sent flying.

"puff."

After the old man landed, he suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood, and his face turned pale.

The old man hadn't expected Cao Zhengchun to be so strong. Both were at the half-step Celestial Realm, yet Cao Zhengchun had been seriously injured by a single palm strike.

In particular, the intense heat within his body was burning his internal organs.

Before the old man could react, a shadow of life and death loomed over his mind, sending chills down his spine.

"Try taking another palm strike from this novice."

Cao Zhengchun's cold voice rang out, and the scorching wind of his palm struck again.

"Seven Wounds Mysterious Technique".

A matter of life and death.

A resolute look appeared on the old man's face.

The old man knew that Cao Zhengchun's strength was beyond his imagination, and he was no match for Cao Zhengchun.

To survive, they had no choice but to fight desperately, regardless of the consequences.

This Seven Wounds Mystic Technique is a secret method of self-harm.

First you hurt yourself, then you hurt others.

The old man's aura grew stronger.

In the blink of an eye, the old man's strength had increased several times over.

"hit."

The old man thrust out his right hand to directly meet Cao Zhengchun's attack.

"bump."

"bump."

Despite two consecutive blows, the old man was still unable to stop Cao Zhengchun.

On the third strike, the old man was sent flying dozens of meters away by Cao Zhengchun, crashing heavily against the gate of the General's Mansion. He coughed up three mouthfuls of blood and collapsed weakly to the ground.

(End of this chapter)